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Biographical Sketch
Personal : Born in Roma (Italy), February 14, 1969
Current Position
Director of Economic and Statistical Department, Italian Communications Authority (Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni)
National scientific qualification (i.e. Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) as Full Professor (Professore Ordinario) in Economics, Economic Policy and
Applied Economics
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Warwick, Department of Economics
Doctorate in Economics, University of Pavia, Department of Economics
Master in Economics with full marks (A+), Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin
Laurea in Economics with honours (cum laude), University of Rome
Previous Positions
Economist, Italian Competition Authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato)
Lecturer, University of Pavia, Department of Economics
Research Fellow, CIRET-Politecnico di Milano
Economic publications
Books
Published Papers
- Economics of Collective Reputation: Evidence from the Wine Industry (with Stefano Castriota), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 97 (2), pp. 469-489, 2015
- Tasters’ bias in wine guides’ quality evaluations (with Stefano Castriota and Daniele Curzi), Applied Economics Letters, 20 (12), pp. 1174-1177, 2013
- Organizational design and firm performance (with Massimo Colombo and Larissa Rabbiosi), in W. Shughart and C. Thomas (eds.), Oxford Handbook in Managerial Economics, Oxford University Press, 2013
- Seller Reputation: Individual, Collective and Institutional Factors (with Stefano Castriota), Journal of Wine Economics, 7 (1), pp. 49-69, 2012
- ‘High performance’ work practices, decentralization and profitability: Evidence from panel data (with Massimo Colombo and Larissa Rabbiosi), Industrial and Corporate Change, 16 (6), pp.1037-1067, 2007
- Entrepreneurs’ human capital and the start-up size of new technology-based firms (with Massimo Colombo and Luca Grilli), International Journal of Industrial Organization, 22 (8-9), pp. 1183-1211, 2004
- Delegation of authority in business organizations: An empirical test (with Massimo Colombo), Journal of Industrial Economics, vol.LII (1), pp.53-80, 2004
- Technology based entrepreneurs (with Massimo Colombo), in L. Paganetto (ed.), Knowledge Economy, Information Technologies and Growth, Ashgate, 2003
- The determinants of organizational change and structural inertia: Technological and organizational factors (with Massimo Colombo), Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 11 (4), pp.595-635, 2002
- How effective are technology incubators? Evidence from Italy (with Massimo Colombo), Research Policy 31 (7), pp.1103-1122, 2002
- On the choice of incentives in firms: Influence activity, monitoring technology and organizational structure,
Economics Bulletin 12 (2), pp.1-13, 2002
- The determinants of the management hierarchy: Evidence from Italian plants, International Journal of Industrial Organization 20 (1), pp.119-137, 2002
- New technology based firms in ICT industries: a policy perspective, (with Massimo Colombo), in J. Jordana (ed.), Governing Telecommunications and the New Information Society in Europe, Edward Elgar, 2002
- The choice of the form of strategic alliances: Transaction cost economics and beyond, (with Massimo Colombo) in B. Bellon, A. Plunket, C. Voison (eds.), The Dynamics of Industrial Collaboration: A Diversity of Theories and Empirical Approaches, Edward Elgar, 2001
- Technology-based entrepreneurs: Does Internet make a difference? (with Massimo Colombo), Small Business Economics 16 (3), pp.177-190, 2001
- Technology use and plant closure (with Massimo Colombo), Research Policy 30 (1), pp.21-34, 2001
- A note on the relation between size, ownership status and plant’s closure: Sunk costs vs. strategic size liability (with Massimo Colombo),
Economic Letters 69 (3), pp.421-427, 2000
- Some stylized facts on organization and its evolution (with Massimo Colombo), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 40 (3), pp.255-274, 1999
Working Papers
Other Publications (in Italian)
- Reputazione individuale e collettiva: evidenze dal mercato vinicolo (with Stefano Castriota), L’Industria, 1/2010, pp.149-172, 2010
- Un’analisi sulle determinanti della qualità dei vini, L’Industria, 1/2007, pp.61-84, 2007
- La dimensione iniziale delle nuove imprese ad alta tecnologia: il ruolo del capitale umano e delle fonti di finanziamento (with Massimo Colombo and Luca Grilli), Economia e Politica Industriale 119, pp.43-75, 2003
- La dimensione d’entrata delle nuove imprese high-tech (with Massimo Colombo and Luca Grilli), in Emilio Bartezzaghi, Mario Raffa and Aldo Romano (eds.), Knowledge Management e Competitività, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 2003
- Economia digitale: la nascita delle nuove imprese (with Massimo Colombo and Sergio Mariotti), Economia e Politica Industriale 110, pp.139-152, 2001
- Un test sulle determinanti dell'allocazione del potere decisionale nelle imprese italiane (with Massimo Colombo), L’Industria 3/2001, pp.531-554, 2001
- Le nuove imprese technology-based (with Massimo Colombo), in Paola Garrone and Sergio Mariotti (eds.), L’Economia Digitale, Il Mulino, 2001
- La formazione di nuove imprese ad alta tecnologia (with Massimo Colombo), in Paola Garrone and Sergio Mariotti (eds.), L’Economia Digitale, Il Mulino, 2001
- Le determinanti dell'inerzia strutturale della gerarchia manageriale: fattori tecnologici ed organizzativi (with Massimo Colombo), Economia e Politica Industriale 107, pp.59-72, 2000
- Il processo di uscita: stima degli effetti di distretto (with Andrea Brasili), in Roberto Camagni and Vincenzo Fazio (eds.), Politiche Locali, Infrastrutture per lo Sviluppo e Processi di Integrazione Euro-Mediterranea, Franco Angeli, 1999
- Struttura gerarchica e cambiamento organizzativo: una verifica quantitativa sull'organizzazione delle imprese italiane (with Massimo Colombo), Economia e Politica Industriale 103, pp.173-206, 1999
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